How to make it
- 1Chill a coupe.
- 2In the shaker, stir the sugar into the rum and lime until it dissolves.
- 3Add ice and shake hard.
- 4Strain into the coupe.
3 : 1 : ¾
In parts, a Daiquiri is 3 rum, 1 lime and ¾ sugar. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Rum · 3Lime · 1Sugar · ¾
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By the numbers
Estimated per drink, as served
White rum ≈ 133Sugar ≈ 31Lime juice ≈ 5 How we estimate